Announcement of Changes in Representative Directors, Directors, Statutory Auditors and Executive Officers

Date

31 May 2007

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd., announces that, at a meeting of the NSG Board of Directors held today, the below-mentioned changes in the positions of representative directors, directors, statutory auditors and executive officers were tentatively decided. The decisions will be made official by resolutions at the 141st Ordinary Shareholders' General Meeting which will be held on June 28, 2007and at a meeting of the NSG Board of Directors to be held following the shareholders meeting.

1. Changes in Representative Directors (effective as of June 28, 2007)

	( Current Position )	( New Position )
Tomoaki Abe	Representative Director/Vice Chairman	Director Vice Chairman
Masakuni Nitta	Director/Senior Managing Officer	Representative Director Executive Vice President

2. Changes in Directors (effective as of June 28, 2007)

(1) Candidates for new directors

Director	Hiroyoshi Koshiba
Director	Pat Zito
Director	Mike Powell
Director	Takeshi Horiguchi
Director	Takashi Murakami

(2) Retiring directors

Director	Toshikazu Kondo
Director	Kazuyuki Izumi

3. Changes in Statutory Auditors (effective as of June 28, 2007)

(1) Candidates for new statutory auditors

Statutory Auditor (full time)	Naotaka Todoroki	(currently, Managing Officer)
Statutory Auditor	Akihiko Nakamura	(Corporate Adviser, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd )
Statutory Auditor	Isao Watanabe	(Chartered Accountant)

(2) Retiring statutory auditors

Statutory Auditor (full time)	Kiyohiko Ichinohe
Statutory Auditor	Isao Uchigasaki	Chairman of the Board, Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.)
Statutory Auditor	Shoichi Ohi	(Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokyo Denki University)

4. Changes in Executive Officers (effective as of June 28, 2007)

(1) Candidates for new executive officers

Executive Vice President	Stuart Chambers	(currently, Director, Head of Flat Glass Business and Head of BP Business Line)
Senior Executive Officer	Pat Zito	(currently, Head of Automotive Business Line)
Senior Executive Officer	Mike Powell	(currently, General Manager of Corporate Finance Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions)
Senior Executive Officer	Tim Izzett	(currently, General Manger of Corporate Human Resources Dept., Corporate Headquarters and General Manger of Human Resources Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions)
Senior Executive Officer	Vito Sassanelli	(currently, Deputy General Manager of Production, Automotive Business Line)
Senior Executive Officer	Stephen Pownall	(currently, General Manager of Corporate Information Systems Dept., Corporate Headquarters and General Manager of Information Systems Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions)
Senior Executive Officer	Paul McKeon	(currently, General Manager of Manufacturing Operations & Technology and General Manager of Float manufacturing Division of Manufacturing Operations & Technology, BP Business Line)
Senior Executive Officer	Mark Lyons	(currently, General Manager of BP Regional Operations, BP Business Line)
Senior Executive Officer	Tom Rae	(currently, General Manger of Procurement Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions)
Executive Officer	Minoru Imanishi	(currently, General Manager of BP Japan and General Manager of Sales Div., BP Business Line)
Executive Officer	Tony Shaw	(currently, Deputy General Manger of Region VP, Automotive Business Line)
Executive Officer	Paul Ruddlesdin	(currently, Deputy General Manager of OE Sales and Marketing, Automotive Business Line
Executive Officer	Vittore de Leonibus	(currently, General Manger of Engineering Div., BP Business Line)

(2) Retiring executive officers

Executive Officer	Toru Ito	(Expected to become an Officer)
Executive Officer	Itsuo Umemoto	(Expected to become an Officer)
Executive Officer	Yoshinobu Kato	(Expected to become an Officer)
Executive Officer	Takao Kawasaki	Expected to become an Officer)
Executive Officer	Chiharu Hisamoto	(Expected to become an Officer)
Executive Officer	Masaaki Funaki	(Expected to become an Officer)
Executive Officer	Seiichiro Honjo	(Expected to become an Officer)
Executive Officer	Shinichiro Yokoyama	(Expected to become an Officer)

(For Convenient Reference)

After the changes, directors, statutory auditors and executive officers will be as follows (effective as of June 28, 2007):

1. Directors (12)

Representative Director/Chairman & CEO	Yozo Izuhara
Director Vice Chairman	Tomoaki Abe
Representative Director	Katsuji Fujimoto
Representative Director	Masakuni Nitta
Director	Stuart Chambers
Director	Hiroyoshi Koshiba
Director	Pat Zito
Director	Mike Powell
Director	Takeshi Horiguchi
Director	Takashi Murakami
External Director	Noritaka Kurauchi
External Director	Kozo Okumura

2. Statutory Auditors (5)

Statutory Auditor (full time)	Togo Tanaka
Statutory Auditor (full time)	Naotaka Todoroki
Statutory Auditor	Kowashi Watanabe
Statutory Auditor	Akihiko Nakamura
Statutory Auditor	Isao Watanabe

3. Executive Officers

(23: An asterisk (* indicates that the said executive officer serves concurrently as a director).

* President	Katsuji Fujimoto
* Executive Vice President	Stuart Chambers	Head of Flat Glass Business and Head of BP Business Line
* Executive Vice President	Masakuni Nitta
Senior Executive Officer	Kazuyuki Izumi
* Senior Executive Officer	Hiroyoshi Koshiba	General Manger of Corporate Finance Dept., Corporate Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer	Toshikazu Kondo	General Manager of R&D Dept., Corporate Headquarters
* Senior Executive Officer	Pat Zito	Head of Automotive Business Line
* Senior Executive Officer	Mike Powell	General Manger of Business Finance Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions
Senior Executive Officer	Tim Izzett	General Manager of Corporate Human Resources Dept., Corporate Headquarters and General Manager of Human Resources Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions
Senior Executive Officer	Vito Sassanelli	Deputy General Manager of Production, Automotive Business Line
Senior Executive Officer	Stephen Pownall	General Manager of Corporate Information Systems Dept., Corporate Headquarters and General Manager of Information Systems Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions
* Senior Executive Officer	Takeshi Horiguchi	General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept., Corporate Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer	Paul McKeon	General Manager of Manufacturing Operations & Technology and General Manager of Float manufacturing Div. of Manufacturing Operations & Technology, BP Business Line
* Senior Executive Officer	Takashi Murakami	Head of Speciality Glass Material Business
Senior Executive Officer	Mark Lyons	General Manager of BP Regional Operations, BP Business Line
Senior Executive Officer	Tom Rae	General Manager of Procurement Dept., Flat Glass Support Functions
Executive Officer	Minoru Imanishi	General Manager of BP Japan and General Manager of Sales Div., BP Business Line
Executive Officer	Tony Shaw	Deputy General Manger of Region VP, Automotive Business Line
Executive Officer	Tsunefumi Nakagawa	General Manager of GF Business Line, Speciality Glass Material Business
Executive Officer	Toshiyuki Nakazawa	General Manager of Corporate General Affairs Dept., Corporate Headquarters
Executive Officer	Keiji Yoshikawa	Head of IT Business Line and General Manager of Planning Office, Speciality Glass Material Business
Executive Officer	Paul Ruddlesdin	Deputy General Manager of OE Sales & Marketing, Automotive Business Line
Executive Officer	Vittore de Leonibus	General Manager of Engineering Div., BP Business Line

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